High-performance file storage
Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service for applications that require a filesystem interface and a shared filesystem for data. Filestore gives users a simple, native experience for standing up managed Network Attached Storage (NAS) with their Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine instances. The ability to fine-tune Filestore’s performance and capacity independently leads to predictably fast performance for your file-based workloads.
BENEFITS
Fast
Cloud Filestore offers low latency for file operations. For workloads that are latency sensitive, like content management systems, databases, random i/o, or other metadata intensive applications, Filestore provides high IOPS with minimal variability in performance.
Consistent
With Cloud Filestore, you pay a predictable price for predictable performance. Users independently pick the IOPS and the storage capacity you need with Filestore, which enables you to tune your filesystem for a particular workload. The performance you experience for a particular workload will be consistent over time.
Simple
Cloud Filestore is a fully managed, NoOps service that is integrated with the rest of the Google Cloud portfolio. You can easily mount Filestore file shares on Compute Engine VMs. Filestore is also tightly integrated with Google Kubernetes Engine so your containers can reference the same shared data.
CREATE A FILESTORE INSTANCE
Simple commands to create a Filestore instance with gcloud.
gcloud beta filestore instances create nfs-server \
--project=[PROJECT_ID] \
--location=us-central1-c \
--tier=STANDARD \
--file-share=name="vol1",capacity=1TB \
--network=name="default"
Simple commands to install NFS, mount your file share, and set access permissions.
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-common
sudo mkdir /mnt/test
sudo mount 10.0.0.2:/vol1 /mnt/test
sudo chmod go+rw /mnt/test
Features
Cloud Filestore offers two performance tiers.
| Standard | Premium | |
|---|---|---|
| Max read throughput | 100 MB/s (1 TB), 180 MB/s (10+ TB) | 700 MB/s |
| Max write throughput | 100 MB/s (1 TB), 120 MB/s (10+ TB) | 350 MB/s |
| Max IOPS | 5,000 | 30,000 |
| Max capacity per share | 63.9 TB | 63.9 TB |
| Typical customer availability | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Protocol | NFSv3 | NFSv3 |
| Price | See Cloud Filestore pricing for more information | See Cloud Filestore pricing for more information |
PARTNER SOLUTIONS
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